Tag: Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin gives test dummy ‘a great ride’ on New Shepard suborbital spaceship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster touches down in Texas after a successful test. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his space venture, Blue Origin, launched the latest version of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship today for the company’s first test flight in 14 months, with an instrumented test dummy seated aboard. “He had…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gives notice for spaceship flight test this week
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture is getting ready for launch. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has alerted the Federal Aviation Administration that it’s planning to put a brand-new New Shepard rocket ship through an uncrewed flight test at its West Texas spaceport this week.…
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of spaceflight? Jeff Bezos links Blue Origin to saving Earth
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (in hat and sunglasses) pops open a bottle of champagne after Blue Origin’s first New Shepard rocket landing in November 2015. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision for his Blue Origin rocket venture is to have millions of people living and working in space — but why? During this month’s…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ ranks Elon Musk alongside Wright Brothers and warp drive
The starship Discovery’s captain, Gabriel Lorca (played by Jason Isaacs), lists Elon Musk among the pioneers of propulsion in a 23rd-century scene from “Star Trek: Discovery.” (CBS via All Access) SpaceX founder Elon Musk hasn’t yet scored a cameo on the Star Trek stage, as fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did last year, but he won…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat
The black feather next to Jimmy Shane’s name on the Miss HomeStreet racing boat is used by Blue Origin to symbolize the freedom of flight. The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all because of Jimmy Shane. Shane’s workaday job title is integration…
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If you bring it, they will come: Crowds mob Blue Origin spaceship at Oshkosh air show
Even Jeff Bezos was impressed when Blue Origin’s suborbital space booster and capsule mockup went on display at the EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wis. The line to get a look inside the New Shepard capsule snaked around the equivalent of city blocks, as shown in an aerial view that the billionaire founder of…
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Blue Origin crew capsule and recycled New Shepard rocket debut at Oshkosh airshow
Blue Origin brought a mockup of their crew capsule to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh where potential space tourists can take a seat. (Blue Origin Photo) The Experimental Aircraft Association kicked off its annual AirVenture airshow today in Oshkosh, Wis., and Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and crew capsule are on full display. According to the EAA’s…
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Jeff Bezos highlights rocket factory in his first Instagram post – and oh, that hair!
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos previews coming attractions from a chair set up on the roof of Blue Origin’s rocket factory in Florida. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos posted his first video on Instagram today, but it wasn’t about the proceeds from Prime Day: Rather, it was about the Blue Origin rocket factory…